8. Irene de Andrés, Ross Downes, Maruša Sagadin
COFA Contemporary
Stand A029, Halle 11.2, Koelnmesse
Cologne DE
16 to 20 November
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Irene de Andrés was born 1986 in Ibiza, Spain and works in Madrid. She is currently a resident artist at Escuela FLORA in Bogotá, Colombia and studied Fine Art at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She recently contributed to 'Energy Flash', curated by Nav Haq, at M HKA in Antwerp, Belgium, and earlier this year undertook a research residency in Puerto Rico. In 2014, she received the Antoni Gelabert Visual Arts Prize.
Ross Downes was born 1978 in Olney, UK and works in London. An artist, musician, and designer, he is also a co-founder of the experimental music label Trestle Records, and frequently curates exhibitions throughout the UK and Europe. He studied at both the Edinburgh College of Art and Goldsmiths College, London. His recent exhibitions include 'Dry Goods' at Syndicate, 'Publicly Ow(n)ed' at Kunstverein Leipzig, and 'In on the Outside' at Bruch & Dallas, Cologne.
Maruša Sagadin was born 1978 in Ljubljana, Slovenia and works in Vienna. She completed an ISCP residency in New York City this past spring, and is currently nominated for the 2016 Styrian Prize for Contemporary Fine Arts at the Neue Galerie Graz. Her exhibitions this year include 'Terra Cotta, Panna Cotta' at Syndicate, 'Doris Ionic Iconic' at SPACE, London, 'Out of the Box / Parabol' at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London, and 'Normalities' at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York City.